The Smart Energy Storage Summit will bring together the power industry’s leading players for a comprehensive look at the technologies and strategies that will drive the market this year and beyond. The event will feature interactive sessions, product and solution demonstrations and panels featuring industry thought-leaders.

Energy storage is a game-changer, seen as a way to bring renewables more fully into the smart grid mix and ease the increasingly-complex problems of load management. Several billi0n dollars will be invested in worldwide energy storage and smart grid projects this year by government and the private sector, as the emerging players being rolling out new technologies and initiating strong alliances.

If you are active in one of the following fields, you should find your way to San Jose:

• Smart Grid
• Smart Metering
• Renewable Energy
• Electric Vehicles
• Home Area Networks
• Demand Response
• Smart Building Systems

The conference mission is to promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people.  Congress will have close to 200 speakers from 52 different countries and will discuss the world energy situation. Senior executives, energy ministers and world energy industry leaders will gather to provide a framework for addressing the main challenges facing the energy sector.

4 days, 4 challenges

Day 1 Challenge │ ACCESSIBILITY
Meeting Energy Demand :  a Global Challenge Requires Global Solutions

Day 2 Challenge │ AVAILABILITY
What is the Right Energy Mix for Long Term Stability?
Day 3 Challenge │ ACCEPTABILITY 
Energy Solutions for a Living Planet

Day 4 Challenge │ ACCOUNTABILITY
Policies, Regulations and Financing

Other Events

• The Annual General Meeting of the Electricity Sector Council of Canada
• A Seminar of the World Bank on Financing Energy Projects
• Board Meeting of the International Hydropower Association

The Homeland Security for Networked Industries (HSNI)™ 2010 conference focuses on the topic of securing our nation's critical infrastructure industry networks, namely the Telecommunications, Utilities and Transportation industries. The conference also initiates dialogue between these industries and government in an environment dedicated to protecting the country, its people, its infrastructure and the nation's economy.

In an atmosphere of cross industry collaboration and communication, the conference seeks to highlight challenges and success stories in these three major industries, and encourages leaders in these industries to share insight and experience with their peers.

Topics to be addressed in the conference include, but are not limited to:

• Securing Next Generation communications networks
• Smart Grid Security – As stimulus dollars encourage development of a next generation utilities grid, a key concern is securing that grid from natural and unnatural causes
• Securing our nation’s utilities and energy sources
• Securing broadband, VoIP and 3/4G+ networks
• Network Security issues pertaining to travel within and outside the United States
• Tracking and monitoring transportation of sensitive goods
• The latest wireless communications technologies for the defense industries

 Session Details

• Telecom Leadership Panel
• Transportation Leadership Panel
• Securing our Nation: Opportunities for Collaboration
• Emergency Response: Preparedness, Response and Rebuilding Track
• Two: Utilizing Standards to Optimize and Streamline Sensitive
• Communications Networks
• Smart Grid Security Summit
• NIST Cyber Security Panel
• Utility Roundtable
• Securing the Larger Smart Grid Eco-System

The GridWise Global Forum will convene thought leaders from the highest levels of government, business, NGOs, and academia from around the world to discuss the ultimate enabling potential of a modernized electric system to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time: energy sustainability, energy independence, global security, and prosperity for all.

Conference highlights include:

• Speakers and participants from the highest levels of government and the private sector to will discuss the
• Impact of the smart grid on world use energy and supply
• Impact of smart grid's adoption on industrial, commercial and residential consumer,
• Opportunities for investors
• Global view of smart grid today, including best practices from around the world
• Clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead
• Commitment from countries around the world to work together to achieve the full potential of smart grid.

Implementing energy efficient measures in your company can lead to significant cost savings.

This event is designed to offer information to conduct energy efficient practices more strategically and will also provide expertise on implementing energy efficient practices in their organizations and have seen major improvements in their bottom line.

Conference Highlights include:

• Analyzing energy efficiency
• Reducing resource consumption
• Analyzing the latest technologies in terms of energy efficiency –
• Technical development issues impeding implementation of newer technologies
• Financial Incentives for Energy Efficient Programs
• Eco-Energy
• Utility Industry Assessment Incentives offered by Natural Resources Canada
• Energy monitoring
• Developing energy monitoring systems
• Converting waste heat to power
• Green Energy
• Green Economy Act
• Energy Efficiency Act